Teapot and Lid, From a Thirteen Piece Tea Set
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Glazed earthenware
DATES
ca. 1871
DIMENSIONS
3 7/8 x 7 1/4 x 4 in. (9.8 x 18.4 x 10.2cm)
MARKINGS
On bottom of teapot, hand painted in dark pink color, "A104 / -O-"; also printed in alizarin color, from top to bottom on the base of teapot, "THE ELDER BREWSTER TEAPOT / The Original was brought to / AMERICA / In Ye / MAYFLOWER AD 1620 / And has been exactly copied and / Reproduced / By / RICHARD BRIGGS BOSTON / From Ye Ceramic Collection Of Gov. Lyon 1871"
Stamped on bottom, "Wedgwood" and a faint inverted "C"
ACCESSION NUMBER
1998.90.1a-b
CREDIT LINE
H. Randolph Lever Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION
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